Nancy Pelosi stops short of saying Biden should stay in the race in stunning statement sending shockwaves through the party

Nancy Pelosi stopped short of explicitly telling President Joe Biden to enactment successful nan statesmanlike title successful a connection that sent shockwaves done nan Democratic statement connected Wednesday morning.

The staunch state of nan 81-year-old president ignored his insistence he will beryllium taking connected Donald Trump successful November and hinted he should reconsider nan decision.

Asked if Biden has her support connected MSNBC's Morning Joe, nan erstwhile speaker said: 'It's up to nan president to determine if he's going to run. We're each encouraging him to make that determination because clip is moving out.'

Reminded that Biden has made up his mind, Pelosi said: 'I want him to do immoderate he decides to do.' 

'Whatever he decides, we spell with.' 

It comes arsenic nan typically agreed House Democrats person devolved into chaos pinch knives retired for nan leader of their party. As Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., put it, not only are Democrats not connected nan aforesaid page, 'we are not moreover successful nan aforesaid book.' 

Biden wrote successful a missive to elevation Democrats connected Tuesday: 'I want you to cognize that contempt each nan speculation successful nan property and elsewhere, I americium firmly committed to staying successful this race, to moving this title to nan end, and to beating Donald Trump.' 

Pelosi, 84, and Biden, 81, person crossed paths successful Washington for decades. She's 1 typically of his biggest defenders connected Capitol Hill.

Pelosi said Democrats should 'let him woody pinch nan NATO conference' happening successful Washington, D.C. this week and 'hold off' connected nationalist judgement 'until we spot really we spell this week.'

Pelosi was silent upon leaving an all-caucus gathering of House Democrats connected Tuesday wherever they discussed nan early of their presumptive statesmanlike nominee. 

Asked astir Pelosi's comments, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., told reporters he would not remark connected them until he had spoken pinch her. 

Democratic Whip Katherine Clark said of nan remarks: 'Our position has not changed. President Biden is nan nominee. There is nary ray betwixt our caucus and nan activity we person done pinch this management and nan activity that we will do successful nan future. As always, this determination is up to nan president.' 

So acold astatine slightest 7 House Democrats person demanded Biden measurement speech successful on-the-record statements. Others person flirted pinch nan thought aliases expressed a akin sentiment down closed doors. 

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., said he believes Biden will suffer Democrats nan predetermination connected Tuesday.  

'Donald Trump is connected track, I think, to triumph this predetermination and possibly triumph it by a landslide and return pinch him nan Senate and nan House,' Bennet said.

'I deliberation that we could suffer nan full thing,' he told CNN.